... even if you were to make Facebook in 1998, it might not have gotten critical mass due to it being simply 'too early' (and also not getting seeded in a colle

... even if you were to make Facebook in 1998, it might not have gotten critical mass due to it being simply 'too early' (and also not getting seeded in a college campus environment) ... iirc, Friendster and others were started in the late '90's bubble but all fizzled out